202 - "America," a rare handheld screen, Paris, by the engraver Lattré on Rue Saint-Jacques, near the St. Séverin Fountain, circa 1770; a multi-lobed cardboard panel adorned with enhanced intaglio engravings. One side is adorned with a map of North and South America within a sinuous frame of garlands of flowers and foliage. The other side features a “Description of America,” with certain details allowing this rare folding screen to be dated to after the 1763 Treaty of Peace, which ceded the island of Grenada to the British at the expense of the

"America," a rare handheld screen, Paris, by the engraver Lattré on Rue Saint-Jacques, near the St. Séverin Fountain, circa 1770; a multi-lobed cardboard panel adorned with enhanced intaglio engravings. One side is adorned with a map of North and South America within a sinuous frame of garlands of flowers and foliage. The other side features a “Description of America,” with certain details allowing this rare folding screen to be dated to after the 1763 Treaty of Peace, which ceded the island of Grenada to the British at the expense of the Spaniards, and Washington’s victory over the British in Boston in 1776, marking the beginning of the War of Independence of the United States of America (some damage and a gap; the handle may have been replaced), H. 41 cm.